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CHAPTER-7 GLIMPSES OF INDIA

PART-1 A BAKER FROM GOA
—Lucio Rodrigues
Reference to Context
1. “Our elders are often heard reminiscing nostalgically about those good old Portuguese
days, the Portuguese and their famous loaves of bread. Those eaters of loaves might have
vanished but the makers are still there. We still have amongst us the mixers, the moulders
and those who bake the loaves.”
Q(a) What do the elders remember fondly?
(iii) Both (i) and (ii)
Q(b) ‘Those eaters might have vanished but the makers are still there.’ Pick the option that
expresses the tone of the narrator.
I. elated
II. Morose
III. Nostalgic
IV. Hopeful
V. sarcastic
VI. critical
(iii) III and V
Q(c) The narrator says that the furnaces were ‘time-tested’ because ____________.
(ii) they had proved the test of time and were working well
Q(d) How are the bakers known as in Goa?
(i) Paders
Q(e) The word in the passage corresponding with ‘recollecting’ is ______________.
(iv) reminiscing
2. “The baker made his musical entry on the scene with ‘jhang, jhang’ sound of his specially
made bamboo staff one hand supported the basket on his head and the other banged the
bamboo on the ground.”
Q(a) Why did the baker come in with ‘a thud and a jingle’?
(iv) He wanted to make people aware that he had come around to sell his goodies.
Q(b) How were his hands occupied?
(iii) One hand supported the basket and the other banged the bamboo staff on the ground.
Q(c) Choose the answer that lists the correct option about the product/s not associated with
the given chapter.
(i) Option (a)
Q(d) Which of the following words is not synonymous with ‘staff’?
(ii) Status

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Q(a) How did the bakers maintain their monthly account?
A(a) The monthly accounts of the baker were recorded on the walls with a pencil. It was
done in this manner because at that time there were no proper systems of maintaining
records in notebooks.
(b) “Not enough can be said to show how important a baker can be for a village.” Elaborate.
A(b) Marriage gifts are meaningless without the sweet bread known as the bol, just as a
party or a feast loses its charm without bread. Not enough can be said to show how
important a baker can be for a village. The lady of the house must prepare sandwiches on
the occasion of her daughter’s engagement. Cakes and bolinhas are a must for Christmas as
well as other festivals. Thus, the presence of the baker’s furnace in the village is absolutely
essential.